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Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin was born in Goliad, Texas, in 1829, when Texas was part of Mexico. His family lived on a Mexican fort because his father was a soldier in the army. Ignacio wanted to be a just like his father! When he was seven, Texas became independent from Mexico, and the family had to move to Matamoros, Mexico. Later they moved to Monterrey. Ignacio tried to join the Mexican army in 1846 when the United States declared war, but he was too young. He was finally able to join the armed forces when he turned 24. An outstanding soldier, he was named the commander of the Mexican army and...

During the American Civil War, the United States was on the brink of falling apart irrevocably. As states seceded and brother turned against brother, hope for reconciliation was dim. This conflict, an essential topic of the social studies curriculum, is skillfully presented from its origins in the Southern slave-trade economy to bloody battles and, later, Reconstruction. Striking photographs and artwork of integral events and people will resonate with readers, while interesting sidebar information gives them more to reflect on about this terrible war and the lessons it taught us.

El Presente diario inicia así una serie de escrituras íntimas, donde la transgresión es concebida como un efusivo estado de ánimo y el único éxito, en palabras de su autor, es “seguir escribiendo”. La violencia de algunos tramos del mismo va en musical sintonía con la comicidad de otros, y el único tiempo vivido es el del aprendizaje del artista cachorro, de sus risas y fantasmas, junto al completo desenvolvimiento de la pasión amorosa, en todo su esplendor, siempre ilativa a su vida literaria.

Libro escrito en formato diccionario que recopila lo mejor de la moda de las últimas décadas. Haciendo un recorrido por el mundo, se explican los diseñadores, las firmas, las ciudades, las tendencias y los iconos que han marcado un hito en el inicio del siglo XXI. La moda se transforma, cambia, evoluciona, se reinventa y, en este libro digital, los periodistas de moda Oriana Godoy y Yamid Zuluaga seleccionan aquello que deben saber los amantes de la moda en cuanto a conceptos y actualizaciones.